We got scientific on this. Hundreds of candidates considered. Thousands of street style photos analyzed. (To see exactly how scientific, click here.) We even spent several hours just contemplating Jared Leto’s hair. Then, after endless rounds of debate, we finalized our list and made it the cover of the July issue.

This is not about the celebrities who spend the most cash on designer clothes or hire the best stylists. Instead, we were looking for guys who carry themselves through the world with confidence and originality. Men who follow their own spirit guides. (Something tells us Kanye’s is a peregrine falcon, but don’t ask us why.) Men who can teach us a thing or two about how to get dressed—and whose moves we most want to steal.